Act Daily News
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Two teenage women reported lacking in Pakistan final week have been discovered greater than 750 miles from dwelling after making an attempt to journey to South Korea to satisfy Ok-pop tremendous band BTS, police within the South Asian nation stated.
The two women, aged 13 and 14, went lacking on Saturday from Korangi in Karachi metropolis, stated Abraiz Ali Abbasi, a senior police superintendent of the realm.
During a search of their houses, police discovered a diary that exposed their plans to journey to South Korea to satisfy the supergroup BTS, Abbasi stated in a video assertion.
“From the diary we saw mentions of train timetables and that they had been planning to run away with another friend of theirs … who we then interviewed,” Abassi stated.
“We started tracking them aggressively and found out they were in custody of the police in the city of Lahore where they had traveled by train.”
Abbasi stated preparations for the ladies to be taken again dwelling to Karachi have been made in coordination with police in Lahore.
And he made an enchantment for folks to “please monitor their children’s screen time,” in order that they’re extra conscious of what their youngsters are viewing on-line.
“It isn’t a surprise that two teenagers took this risk because ‘stans’ are capable of doing this for their idols,” stated tradition journalist Rabia Mehmood, utilizing a colloquial time period for loyal followers. “But if we had more safe organized fan-girling spaces, younger fans could engage openly and freely with each other about their favorites instead of taking such risks.”
Ok-pop has an enormous following everywhere in the world, together with Pakistan, with followers spanning age teams and genders. BTS posters and albums are bought everywhere in the South Asian nation, whereas Korean dramas are gaining reputation as nicely.
The seven-member Korean sensation BTS took a hiatus late final 12 months, as its oldest member started obligatory army service final month. Jin, 30, began his army service on December 13, a dedication anticipated to final 18 months.
BTS is about to be saved aside till a minimum of 2025 as different members of the group come of age to enter army bootcamps. The band has stated they’ll use this time to pursue solo tasks.